i was on 4.3 custom rom with safestrap i upgraded using the method that was come up with recently and have been using a 4.4 custom rom for awhile with safestrap i attempted to install anoter 4.4 custom rom today i did everything i have done in the past few weeks wich always worked now it only boots to the samsung screen that says custom and wont go past it which means i am not getting to the safestrap screen to get into safestrap i can get into download mode but not sure what to do being im on safestrap im not sure if i can odin a new system or is that going to take away my root and all please help on what steps i need to do to keep my root and everything.... thanks in advance and sorry for the long post im frustrated.
john122675 said:
i was on 4.3 custom rom with safestrap i upgraded using the method that was come up with recently and have been using a 4.4 custom rom for awhile with safestrap i attempted to install anoter 4.4 custom rom today i did everything i have done in the past few weeks wich always worked now it only boots to the samsung screen that says custom and wont go past it which means i am not getting to the safestrap screen to get into safestrap i can get into download mode but not sure what to do being im on safestrap im not sure if i can odin a new system or is that going to take away my root and all please help on what steps i need to do to keep my root and everything.... thanks in advance and sorry for the long post im frustrated.
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Which rom did you try to load?
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john122675 said:
i was on 4.3 custom rom with safestrap i upgraded using the method that was come up with recently and have been using a 4.4 custom rom for awhile with safestrap i attempted to install anoter 4.4 custom rom today i did everything i have done in the past few weeks wich always worked now it only boots to the samsung screen that says custom and wont go past it which means i am not getting to the safestrap screen to get into safestrap i can get into download mode but not sure what to do being im on safestrap im not sure if i can odin a new system or is that going to take away my root and all please help on what steps i need to do to keep my root and everything.... thanks in advance and sorry for the long post im frustrated.
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sorry for my english....but I just fix my from stuck on samsung title...so what I did:I flash by odin 4.3 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
then I make root from same link...than I flash back to 4.4.2.....and flash hyperdrive......all by instruction...and now looks everything work good...
sashaphily said:
sorry for my english....but I just fix my from stuck on samsung title...so what I did:I flash by odin 4.3 from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2578209
then I make root from same link...than I flash back to 4.4.2.....and flash hyperdrive......all by instruction...and now looks everything work good...
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i was on echo 4.4 tried installing hyperdrive 16 were you on nc2 safestrap
john122675 said:
i was on echo 4.4 tried installing hyperdrive 16 were you on nc2 safestrap
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I was on mk2 before flash 4.4.2 ...so after I flash 4.4.2 I have nc5.......HD16 its still nc5
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Hey guys --
I just was messing around with my S4 trying to get custom recovery on there (now I realize I can't), but I tried to install TWRP using TWRP manager. After it installed, I tried to boot into recovery and it says "cannot do normal boot" and gets stuck in download mode.
I then have to shut the phone off, boot into download mode, and choose cancel or else I'll get stuck in a download mode loop.
I just want to get back to stock recovery now; I'm not opposed to flashing back to stock.
Also, could I flash to safestrap? Or should I go to stock and then to safestrap? Can I use safestrap to flash to one of the custom 4.4 roms?
Thanks for your help.
amantonas said:
Hey guys --
I just was messing around with my S4 trying to get custom recovery on there (now I realize I can't), but I tried to install TWRP using TWRP manager. After it installed, I tried to boot into recovery and it says "cannot do normal boot" and gets stuck in download mode.
I then have to shut the phone off, boot into download mode, and choose cancel or else I'll get stuck in a download mode loop.
I just want to get back to stock recovery now; I'm not opposed to flashing back to stock.
Also, could I flash to safestrap? Or should I go to stock and then to safestrap? Can I use safestrap to flash to one of the custom 4.4 roms?
Thanks for your help.
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You will need to tell us more about your phone. What version, etc.
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wtherrell said:
You will need to tell us more about your phone. What version, etc.
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I've got the verizon version, 4.3 on build VRUEMJ7. I've come to realize that this build is very prohibitive; is there any easy way to downgrade and then install a custom rom from there?
amantonas said:
I've got the verizon version, 4.3 on build VRUEMJ7. I've come to realize that this build is very prohibitive; is there any easy way to downgrade and then install a custom rom from there?
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Unfortunately you can't downgrade firmware at all. There's no custom recovery for MJ7 right now, although Hashcode is working on Safestrap for it. If he can get it working, you can only run builds based on MJ7, so you won't be able to get a 4.4 ROM either.
joshm.1219 said:
Unfortunately you can't downgrade firmware at all. There's no custom recovery for MJ7 right now, although Hashcode is working on Safestrap for it. If he can get it working, you can only run builds based on MJ7, so you won't be able to get a 4.4 ROM either.
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You're right joshm there should be a sticky somewhere addressing all these MJ7 questions. I don't mind answering and helping out but it just seems like it's everyday.
Maybe that'd help.
Verizon Galaxy S4
# MJ7 #
ALL Knoxed Up!
Mistertac said:
You're right joshm there should be a sticky somewhere addressing all these MJ7 questions. I don't mind answering and helping out but it just seems like it's everyday.
Maybe that'd help.
Verizon Galaxy S4
# MJ7 #
ALL Knoxed Up!
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Yeah, I'm sorry to be a bother, but it seems like this usually is posted in some consolidated way and I can come across the information easily. This time, I realized the answers to my questions as I was asking them. But I still have one question:
Whatever it is that I did, when I try to boot into recovery mode, I can't. It says "can't do normal boot" and puts me in a download mode loop. Is there anyway to restore my stock recovery using odin or something like that?
amantonas said:
Yeah, I'm sorry to be a bother, but it seems like this usually is posted in some consolidated way and I can come across the information easily. This time, I realized the answers to my questions as I was asking them. But I still have one question:
Whatever it is that I did, when I try to boot into recovery mode, I can't. It says "can't do normal boot" and puts me in a download mode loop. Is there anyway to restore my stock recovery using odin or something like that?
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Hey you're not a bother no problem..
Here is a link to a no Wipe mj7 file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507217
There's also a link in that thread to a full wipe, so up to you.
I'm not entirely sure what's going on with your phone but if you can get into download mode that'd probably be you're best bet.
Verizon Galaxy S4
# MJ7 #
ALL Knoxed Up!
I was originally trying to just go to the new kitkat rom, i believe that was CM11 or something of the sort. But for some reason i cannot do anything with my phone when it comes to installing or changing the recovery. Odin fails every time. One-Click-Root fails every time (which i think is what i used from the beginning to root). I even upgraded ROM manager to pro so i could try the touch based recovery and it will not successfully install a recovery that i can boot into even though it says that it has and shows(ed) the current recovery being the most up-to-date version. And now since ive tried several different today, i have lost root somehow...even thought i just had it and didnt change anything with the root process...just trying to regain even the stock recovery. Basically what happens if i try to boot into recovery mode is it tries for half a second then boots to ODIN mode and in the top left corner it says failed normal boot or something of the sort.
Can someone point me in the right direction? would a factory reset within the android OS help anything? every thing is backed up, so that wont be an issue as far as apps/data and important files goes.
The phone still boots to my "rooted" 4.3 that i have installed, just dont have root privelages any longer...the phone still works as normal...just cant do anything root based...like run titanium backup or supersu, and even ROM manager is NOW giving me an error when trying to install a custom recovery.
I would like to restore to stock MDK so i can start from scratch and install the CM11 KitKat Rom if at all possible...
So you were mdk and loki'd correct...
safestrap powered Hyperdrive 12
decaturbob said:
So you were mdk and loki'd correct...
safestrap powered Hyperdrive 12
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MDK yes, the loki part im not sure of...but i did try to do that again since having this problem...with no success...
MURD3RD said:
MDK yes, the loki part im not sure of...but i did try to do that again since having this problem...with no success...
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you would have to to use the loki process to gain root and install the custom recovery at the time. I really can't help as I got into the S4 with ME7 base and been using safestrap.
i also tried following this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
and it doesnt get past the first ODIN step and gets a fail
attached are some snips of the ODIN screen when it fails
decaturbob said:
you would have to to use the loki process to gain root and install the custom recovery at the time. I really can't help as I got into the S4 with ME7 base and been using safestrap.
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you got a link to a good working Loki tutorial?
Here's a link to the stock mdk tar file. This will totally wipe your phone. http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=237
Ryno77 said:
Here's a link to the stock mdk tar file. This will totally wipe your phone.
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i did find that link before and am currently downloading it...but it is taking forever...everything else i download is blazing fast (50Mb D/L speed here at my buddies apartment) but yet this file is only downloading at 50KB/s...and is showing over 9-10 hours for the download to be complete...does anybody have a faster download source?
i know my connection is phenomenal since i downloaded a 9 gig file last night from a different source and it took under an hour...this .tar is less than 2 gigs...shouldnt take that damn long...
i also tried flashing the recovery .tar.md5 from that link...same exact result...
Questions and Help issues go in Q&A and Help section
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Thanks
FNSM
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Questions and Help issues go in Q&A and Help section
Thread moved
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THANKS!!!
I knew i hadn't put it in the right place...hopefully it'll get more view here...and i can get this thing sorted out
so right now the screen shows (phone)--(yellow triangle)--(computer) and says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again"
this is after trying to install the stock restore .tar files in the link mentioned above...the device will NO LONGER boot the os and goes to this screen every time. I can still get it into download (Odin) mode though.
MURD3RD said:
i also tried following this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290798
and it doesnt get past the first ODIN step and gets a fail
attached are some snips of the ODIN screen when it fails
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The "fail (auth)" means that you're likely no longer running an MDK bootloader. It's refusing to load the MD2 that's used by Loki.
Do you get the same failure when you try to flash the stock MDK ROM image? What text shows up on your phone when you try to flash the stock?
Since you're stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." it indicates that the bootloader rejected a flash, which means you may have somehow updated to MI1 or later. The message on the phone when the flash fails will tell for sure.
k1mu said:
The "fail (auth)" means that you're likely no longer running an MDK bootloader. It's refusing to load the MD2 that's used by Loki.
Do you get the same failure when you try to flash the stock MDK ROM image? What text shows up on your phone when you try to flash the stock?
Since you're stuck at the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." it indicates that the bootloader rejected a flash, which means you may have somehow updated to MI1 or later. The message on the phone when the flash fails will tell for sure.
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i can't remember what exactly the messages were right now...but currently Kies is trying a recovery "upgrade and initialization"...hopefully this works and my phone can at least be usable again...and THEN ill get back at trying to get the new KitKat, lol
MURD3RD said:
i can't remember what exactly the messages were right now...but currently Kies is trying a recovery "upgrade and initialization"...hopefully this works and my phone can at least be usable again...and THEN ill get back at trying to get the new KitKat, lol
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You won't be on MDK, so no KitKat.
k1mu said:
You won't be on MDK, so no KitKat.
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but i have had no problem flashing back to get rooted when i first got the device...even though several threads said it couldnt be done...all i need is to get back to stock and start from scratch...at least i hope this is the case. If it goes ahead and installs the newest 4.3 update...and i truly cant change it due to no exploits yet...then i guess ill have to wait...lol, it could be worse, haha
so kies just finished doing its thing and the phone booted up and is now running 4.3 MK2
MURD3RD said:
so kies just finished doing its thing and the phone booted up and is now running 4.3 MK2
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That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
gnubian said:
That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
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EDIT: well nevermind...i think i was just crazy to think something different...i am definitely running the latest release of 4.3 from vzw...fml...well at least it can still be rooted. Is there any development for KitKat on the new MK2 software? Ill do some searching around...
i do remember, however, doing something that a tutorial said specifically not to do...and it worked anyway...even though several people responding to the thread said not to do or it would brick the phone...o well i guess...if i find the link ill post it up...
gnubian said:
That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
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would you happen to have a link to the safestrap tutorial? i cant seem to locate it...im gunna do some more searching, but if you had a link at the ready, that'd be awesome!!!
EDIT: Found it...no worries
gnubian said:
That means you lost the mdk bootloader and can only use Safestrap to boot custom rooms :/ you will need to root via saferoot in the development thread first. Then load Safestrap which only has one ROM that currently works (hyper drive 12).
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so i found the thread for this ROM and it doesnt say anything about being able to run on MK2 build...can anyone shed some light on this? it only says MJ7...
I have lost Safestrap and my rom will not load. I still have root but am stuck on the Samsung custom screen. Can anyone please point me in the direction to flash a good rom and unbrick my phone. Thank you for any pointers.
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I have lost Safestrap and my rom will not load. I still have root but am stuck on the Samsung custom screen. Can anyone please point me in the direction to flash a good rom and unbrick my phone. Thank you for any pointers.
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you will prpbably need to odin. What happened to cause you to lose ss?
decaturbob said:
you will prpbably need to odin. What happened to cause you to lose ss?
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I flashed a rom that didn't take so I used twrp to factory reset witch I think wiped ss. I then rebooted my phone but ss never loads and neither does the rom. I had a feeling I was going to have to use odin, doing some reserch now, never had to use it before. can I just flash a custom rom using odin then reinstall ss? Thank you for your help.
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I flashed a rom that didn't take so I used twrp to factory reset witch I think wiped ss. I then rebooted my phone but ss never loads and neither does the rom. I had a feeling I was going to have to use odin, doing some reserch now, never had to use it before. can I just flash a custom rom using odin then reinstall ss? Thank you for your help.
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odin not really used to flash custom roms...
decaturbob said:
odin not really used to flash custom roms...
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Oh, like I said never had to use it before. So I'm guessing I have to flash stock everything and probably loose root also huh Thanks for the info, you saved me a lot of reading
B1RDMAN said:
I flashed a rom that didn't take so I used twrp to factory reset witch I think wiped ss. I then rebooted my phone but ss never loads and neither does the rom. I had a feeling I was going to have to use odin, doing some reserch now, never had to use it before. can I just flash a custom rom using odin then reinstall ss? Thank you for your help.
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remember if you are Mj7 or above you can only use SS3.70 and above and only able to flash HD11 or HD12
decaturbob said:
remember if you are Mj7 or above you can only use SS3.70 and above and only able to flash HD11 or HD12
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Thank you for the info, I am on me7. Am I correct in thinking that I will have to go back to unrooted stock and then reroot?
B1RDMAN said:
Thank you for the info, I am on me7. Am I correct in thinking that I will have to go back to unrooted stock and then reroot?
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probably have to odin to clean stock ME7 if you want to stay with HD10.2
I did a guide to take ME7 users to Mj7....if they want to get to 4.3 android level with using HD11 or HD12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278
decaturbob said:
probably have to odin to clean stock ME7 if you want to stay with HD10.2
I did a guide to take ME7 users to Mj7....if they want to get to 4.3 android level with using HD11 or HD12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579278
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You know, Ive been following the thread about HD12 for the last couple days and it looks really sweet
but I didnt want to update to MJ7. I guess I might as well know. Thanks for the info
I have a MJ7 based phone and it's already rooted and has a custom recovery. I recently installed Hyperdrive Release 12, but i'm having some instabality issues with bluetooth. I installed the MDK base version (stupid me for not reading entirely). Since I have a MJ7 phone I'm assuming I need to install the MJ7 version (2nd one in the list). I'm not sure what they mean about Safestrap Installation... I normally just copy the zip to my sd card, boot into recover, and install... Have I been doing it wrong?
---FOR MDK Base( TWRP/CWM Installation)
RLS12
Mirror
md5 sum: a357e5cbb8cae14d3eb94d5500d92b2d
---For MJ7 Base(Safestrap Installation)
RLS12 Safestrap
md5 sum: e08dd99dc60d830a679ee028ebd3d7fc
jtadeo said:
I have a MJ7 based phone and it's already rooted and has a custom recovery. I recently installed Hyperdrive Release 12, but i'm having some instabality issues with bluetooth. I installed the MDK base version (stupid me for not reading entirely). Since I have a MJ7 phone I'm assuming I need to install the MJ7 version (2nd one in the list). I'm not sure what they mean about Safestrap Installation... I normally just copy the zip to my sd card, boot into recover, and install... Have I been doing it wrong?
---FOR MDK Base( TWRP/CWM Installation)
RLS12
Mirror
md5 sum: a357e5cbb8cae14d3eb94d5500d92b2d
---For MJ7 Base(Safestrap Installation)
RLS12 Safestrap
md5 sum: e08dd99dc60d830a679ee028ebd3d7fc
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I'm confused. Do you have a mdk base phone with a custom rom and root thru the loki exploit? If you do.. Why are talking about safestrap?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
decaturbob said:
I'm confused. Do you have a mdk base phone with a custom rom and root thru the loki exploit? If you do.. Why are talking about safestrap?
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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honestly, I'm I can't remember what root method I used. I got this phone a couple of months ago around the time it barely came out.. How could I tell what root method I used? Does that even matter?
All I know is that when I boot up my phone I see a Samsung logo with an unlocked symbol below and the custom recover that I have is CWM Touch Req0very v1.0.3.5
Should I just forget about this safestrap business and just download that MJ7 rom and apply like I normally would?
jtadeo said:
honestly, I'm I can't remember what root method I used. I got this phone a couple of months ago around the time it barely came out.. How could I tell what root method I used? Does that even matter?
All I know is that when I boot up my phone I see a Samsung logo with an unlocked symbol below and the custom recover that I have is CWM Touch Req0very v1.0.3.5
Should I just forget about this safestrap business and just download that MJ7 rom and apply like I normally would?
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If you're using CWM then you have an MDK based phone.(Very lucky) You definitely don't need to worry about Safestrap.
riker147 said:
If you're using CWM then you have an MDK based phone.(Very lucky) You definitely don't need to worry about Safestrap.
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He really needs to understand what has...
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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He really needs to understand what has...
safestrap enabled, Hyperdrive driven
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you're right. I do need to understand what I have... From what I've gathered I have an MDK based phone (mj7) and I'm lucky because I have a custom recovery installed...
so the first download link was correct and I'm just having random issues with the ROM, correct?
jtadeo said:
you're right. I do need to understand what I have... From what I've gathered I have an MDK based phone (mj7) and I'm lucky because I have a custom recovery installed...
so the first download link was correct and I'm just having random issues with the ROM, correct?
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Exactly. Sounds rom related since you're MDK with custom recovery you can flash away with pretty much anything you want. You have a lot more options than SS users do.
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I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Do you really mean that you have safestrap or are you on a "LOKI" rom? Do you have a custom recovery installed? Although I haven't used this, if you are actually using safestrap, then yes, you can use this.
npesa92 said:
I am on rooted mk2 with safestrap, can i unroot and upgrade all in one shot with this?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
as well is it safe to use the one that retains my data while updating to a new release?
thanks in advance
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Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
tech_head said:
Yes, it's "safe" if you follow the instructions. I have done it.
It will wipe your phone....... Not the SD stuff but everything else it wiped.
You should backup and before doing this with Titanium Backup or ADB.
This will leave you rooted with MK2 still as your bootloader with the ability to ODIN back to MK2 at some point, if need be.
This puts you off the ranch, but ODIN can get you back on the ranch later.
There is currently no other way to have root on KitKat. So if root is important and you want KitKat, this is it.
Now if you don't care about root, go flash the MK2 No-Wipe found on this forum, then take the OTA.
You need to remove SS to do that though.
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The No Wipe Odin MK2 method will remove SS.
help! was rooted 4.3 tried flashing stock 4.4.2 failed
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
mancolla said:
I had 4.3 rooted and i tried flashing stock 4.4.2 not im pretty much bricked! please if someone can help me i would really appreciate it
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How'd you try flashing it that led you to here? If you can get into download mode just use the Odin file... Since I don't know exactly what you did you could try mk2but may not work and you may have to Odin NC5.. Little more info will help
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I tried to ota update but I get an error. Phone is Custom unlock,was rooted. I unrooted.